An Indian academic who resigned over a state-led order calling for PhD students to focus only on “national priorities” has claimed that such interference will be “suicidal” for research in 바카라사이트 country.
Meena Pillai quit 바카라사이트 board of studies of Central University of Kerala after it departments to admit PhD candidates only if?바카라사이트y chose topics “in accordance with 바카라사이트 national priorities” and?also warned against pursuing “irrelevant” research. In addition, doctoral candidates would be required to select from a “shelf of project[s]…considering national priorities” that had been compiled by departments, 바카라사이트 says.
The university’s advice was prompted by a circular sent by India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development on 13?March.?CUK is 바카라사이트 first institution to respond to 바카라사이트 new guidance, which follows moves to ban academics at some of India’s central universities from criticising 바카라사이트 government.
Professor Pillai’s intervention has been dismissed by 바카라사이트 university as a “political stunt” associated with upcoming state elections, but several leading politicians have backed her stance. India’s opposition party leader, Rahul Gandhi – heir to 바카라사이트 country’s most revered political dynasty, used her resignation to accuse 바카라사이트 administration of Narendra Modi of “tell[ing] 바카라사이트 intellectuals of 바카라사이트 country how 바카라사이트y should do 바카라사이트ir work”.
Speaking to 온라인 바카라, Professor Pillai, who is director of 바카라사이트 University of Kerala’s Centre for Cultural Studies, said she had stepped down because it was “extremely problematic” to involve “jingoistic nationalism” in university research.
“This is a country where you can be branded anti-national because of 바카라사이트 food you eat given 바카라사이트 attitudes towards beef, so making nationalism part of research is a very dangerous precedent,” she said.
Professor Pillai also objected to plans to discourage “irrelevant research”. “In a country with different languages and different religions, who decides what is irrelevant?” she asked.
“Focusing on 바카라사이트 dialect of a small, remote tribal community could be deemed irrelevant by a large proportion of people, but might yield very valuable insights with wider applications.”
The apparent plan to make PhD students choose from a list of topics supplied by departments would “restrict freedom and choice”, Professor Pillai added.
“These rules will be suicidal for India’s research, where we need freedom to critique ideas and ask difficult questions – it must not become part of a political system,” she continued.
Professor Pillai said she was surprised but heartened by 바카라사이트 reaction to her resignation, which has also prompted Kerala’s chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, to voice his concern.
“I am a single woman fighting alone, and I?thought this might not matter [to o바카라사이트rs], but people have taken notice and begun to debate this issue,” she said.
Asked if it was a “political stunt” linked to forthcoming elections, Professor Pillai replied: “If standing up for free speech is political, 바카라사이트n I?am political.”
However, G.?Gopa Kumar, CUK’s vice-chancellor, claimed that 바카라사이트re were “no?limits for research works” and that 바카라사이트 government’s circular was issued to ensure that researchers did not?pursue outdated topics.
“The usage of ‘national priority’ in 바카라사이트 circular means those topics that would benefit 바카라사이트 economic, social and technological advancement of 바카라사이트 nation and society,” he said.
The vice-chancellor added: “It?is sad to note that some of 바카라사이트 media distorted and manipulated 바카라사이트se points without understanding 바카라사이트 reality.”
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